Linotype-machine.



No. 759,502- PATENTED MAY 10, 1904'.

J. N. GROFU'I'.

LINOTYPE MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED jun, 10, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 10, 1904.

PATENT OEEIoE.

JAMES N. OROFUT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MERGEN- THALERLINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEYVYORK.

LINOTYPE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 759,502, dated May 10,1904.

Application filed March 10, 1904.

To ctM w/wm, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Lines N. Cnoru'r, of Brooklyn, county of Kings, andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inLinotype-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in Mergenthaler linotype-machinesof the organization represented in Letters Patent No. 36,532, whereinmatrices stored in the magazine are individually released in the properorder, assembled in line, the justified line presented to the face of amold in which the linotype or type-line is cast against them, and thematrices finally returned through a distributer to the magazine. Inthese machines the individual type are delivered successively side byside into an assembler, in which they are held in line. The increasingline advances against a yielding resisting-finger on a horizontal slide,and from time to time expanding wedge spacers or justiiiers aredelivered into the line between the matrices, their lower ends hangingbelow the matrices.

My invention relates to improved means for checking the descent of thespacers as they enter the line in order to relieve their uppersupporting-ears from shock or strain, to facilitate the advance of thespacers with the expanding line, and to hold the spacers in position andprevent them from falling down when the front gate of the assembler isopened for the purpose of inspecting or correcting the line.

The improvement consists in providing the assembler slide or othermovable support with a horizontal finger underlying the assembler and inposition to receive and carry the lower ends of the spacers when theyare assembled in the line and while the latter is advancinghorizontally.

All parts of the machines not described herein may be of ordinary or anyapproved construction.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents in outlinethe assembling mechanism of the linotype-machine with my improvementincorporated therein. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same on theline Serial No. 197,505. (No model.)

2 2, and Fig. 3 a side elevation of the assembler-slide with myimprovement attached.

Referring to the drawings, G Gr represent the channels through which theindividual matrices descend from the magazine in the order in whichtheir characters are to appear in print.

H is an inclined belt upon which the matrices fall and by which they arecarried downward and forward toward the assembler.

it is a revolving star-wheel, in front of which the matrices aredelivered in an upright position and by which they are pushed forwardhorizontally in the revolving groove or channel in the top of theassembler I and against the resisting-finger J, which is carried on theend of a horizontal slide mounted in the frame and urged constantly tothe right by a spring or weight, this slide being checked as it ispushed to the left by a friction-clog or other retaining device, whichfor the time being prevents its return to the right.

B B represent the matrices assembled in line in the assembler, and O Care the elongated spacers or justifiers representing the word-spacersand located in the line between the matrices, their upper ends beingprovided with laterally-projecting cars by which they are suspendedwhile traveling through the machine.

The foregoing parts may all be of the ordinary construction, and theycorrespond with the parts bearing the like letters in the drawings ofLetters Patent N 0. 436,532.

D represents the feature constituting the subject of the presentinvention. It consists of a horizontal finger underlying the slide inposition to receive and sustain the lower ends of the spacers C as thelatter assume their final positions in the matrix-line. The bar D isrigidly sustained by a bar or plate of at the right hand, connectingitwith the assemblerslide. The spacers descending through the line to theposition shown bear at their lower ends on the upper edge of the bar D,which is at such height as to prevent the ears of the matrices fromstriking the upper edges of the In this way the descent of theassembler.

spacers is checked by the bar D and their upper ears relieved from theshock and strain to which they would be subjected if permitted to strikethe assembler. The lower ends of the spacers are commonly provided witha transverse notch, and when so constructed they will straddle the barD, which will serve to prevent them from turning or twisting out ofposition and also hold them in position so that their upper ends wouldfall forward out of the line of matrices when the front hinged gate ofthe assembler is opened, as is he quently done for the purpose ofgaining access to the matrices to rearrange them or to make correctionsin the line. The support D may be varied in form and arrangement,provided only it is adapted to receive the lower ends of the spacers andto move forward with them as the line elongates in the course ofcomposition.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. An assembler-slide fora linotype-machine, provided with a buffer or support to sustain thewedge spacers 2. The assembler-slide for use in a linotypemachine,carrying a resistant for the forward end of the matrix-line and asupport for the wedge spacers.

3. The assembler-slide for a linotype-machine, having the finger toresist the forward end of the matrix-line and the underlying arm orbuffer to sustain the wedge spacers.

4. In a linotype-machine, the combinationof an assembler to receive andaline the matrices, a movable resistant for the advancing line, and atraveling support for the wedge spacers in the matrix-line.

5.- In a linotype-machine, the combination of matrices, wedge spacers,an assemblingelevator, means for delivering the matrices and spacersthereto, a yielding resistant for the end of the line in course ofcomposition, and means for supporting and carrying the lower ends of thespacers contained in the line.

6. In a linotype-machine, the combination of the assembler havingshoulders to sustain the matrices, means for delivering the matrices andspacers thereto, and an underlying traveling support adapted to sustainthe spacers with their shoulders out of contact with the assembler.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 29th day of February,1904, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

JAMES N. cRoFU Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. RANDALL, L. B. MOREHOUSE.l I

